The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 28, 2081
Waning Gibbous
68.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:17 AM
11:15 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.5%
- Age
- 19.7 days
- Distance
- 402,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1959
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For May 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 248.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.8° / 251.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 19m / -18.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 316.42° / -2.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.32° / 4.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -66.19° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.